Welcome to Pottsfield

 

Happy Halloween! It's the best day of the year and my family and I wanted to share our Over The Garden Wall costumes with you. As huge fans of this 2014 limited series, we thought we would get Wirt, Greg and Enoch together to celebrate a wonderful harvest. I made Enoch myself and it was quite a process but I love how he turned out. Now let's go burgle some turts!

We all hope you enjoy Halloween today! We are joining the rest of our street for the annual block party (it's the 10th year) and passing out candy to the *many* spooky visitors we get each year. I love how Halloween brings so many of us together and you know I love to wear a costume! While this season may technically be over after today, Halloween lives in my heart all year. So look forward to Creepmas, Valloween and any other holiday I can spookify for the fun of it. Life is short, spend it with the people and the things you love!

You'll join us someday...

xoxo

Ashley

Toil and Trouble

 

Is there such thing as too many witch outfits? I feel like every single dress from La Femme En Noir can qualify as witchy but this Faux Wrap dress feels like Stevie Nicks would have this is her closet. It's flowy, has great sleeves and of course comes with pockets. It's only right that I pop on a witch hat with this piece!

Dress- c/o La Femme En Noir

Belt- c/o La Femme En Noir

Shoes- old (similar)

Hat- old but from Target (similar)

The Faux Wrap dress is what it is: a crossover bust and skirt but is not a true wrap. It features Bishop sleeves, an above the knee skirt with hidden side pockets and a full back zippered closure. It comes with a matching fabric sash for cinching the waist but I swapped that out for their Victorian Hands belt in brass because it's such a stunning accessory. The dress is made from a light and airy fabric but is also lined so you don't feel exposed. I'm wearing my usual small size and it fits great! This dress is also made in inclusive sizes, from XS to 5X.

I am fully immersed in spooky season (if you haven't noticed) and it's one of the few things keeping a smile on my face! Sometimes you just have to enjoy the little things around you because everything else is so hard to face at the moment. I hope you all are finding little things to make you happy and keep you going right now, I think we all need a little of that right now.

xoxo

Ashley

Witching Hour

 

The witching hour is here and I have the perfect dress for the occasion. La Femme En Noir just dropped their Witching Hour dresses (there's a wiggle and a swing version) and I could not wait to throw on the swing and have a little fun with it. It was a gloomy day which means it was the perfect time for a morning walk around the woods. Nothing like putting on your favorite witch hat and listening to the birds while the leaves crunch under your feet. Quite literally my heaven!

Dress- c/o La Femme En Noir

Shoes- Madame Zombie FX

Harness- c/o Lively Ghosts (use code SCB10 for a discount)

Hat- The Beheaded

The Witching Hour swing dress is made from a soft and stretchy fabric, which means it's comfortable and breathes really nicely. The dress has dramatic bell sleeves, a flirty above the knee length skirt and hidden side pockets. I feel like this one is a little less fancy than the Witching Hour wiggle, so I put on my favorite spooky loafers and had some fun with this candy corn witch hat. Although I really love the dress on its own, it does look super cute with a harness over it as well.

I'm wearing my usual size small and it's a very comfortable fit. I know some people like to size down but I don't really do that and I'm perfectly happy in my normal size. This dress is size inclusive, they make them in sizes XS-5X! If you're not a swing person, the wiggle is also available and it has the same beautiful sleeves and fabric as the swing.

Hoping to share more fun witchy outfits with you later this month, keep your eyes peeled!

xoxo

Ashley

Halloween Stripes

 

I'm bringing in spooky season the best way I know how: with a Jack Skellington inspired outfit! This Halloween stripe Vacation dress from Vixen by Micheline Pitt is everything I could want from a dress. I love the subtle spooky print and this silhouette is one of my absolute favorites! You can never have too many stripes, am I right?

Dress- c/o Vixen by Micheline Pitt

Hat- The Beheaded

Shoes- Steve Madden

Bag- Loungefly

Ring- vintage

The Vacation dress has elastic cuffed puffed sleeves, a very generous gathered bust area and a swishy skirt with the deepest side pockets. This fabric is thick yet stretchy, so you can wear this during the cooler months with ease. It comes with a removable belt and I feel like it's the perfect way to break up the stripes. This dress is also size inclusive, it's available in sizes XS-5X. I'm a usual size small and this fit pretty generously. You could go down a size if you're in between but I'm pretty happy in the small.

I finished this outfit off with one of my favorite hats from The Beheaded and the Mayor-Moblie Loungefly bag that my bestie got me last year. I know I'm all about Jack here but the Mayor is not so secretly my favorite Nightmare Before Christmas character!

On a more personal note, I didn't get to really smile in these photos because I was diagnosed with Bell's palsy yesterday. It was a scary moment (I thought I was having a stroke) but because I got diagnosed with Bell's so early I should make a full recovery soon! Until then I might not look as smiley or have really good eye makeup on the right side of my face. Guess I'll have to relearn on my new face!

xoxo

Ashley

Underworld

 

We just endured the hottest week of the year (so far) so I thought it was fitting to feature the Underworld dress from La Femme En Noir. Unlike the place this dress evokes, the Underworld is a light and airy piece perfect for all my fellow summer goths. I may be uncomfortable in this heat but this dress and matching cauldron bag make me feel like a dark enchantress roaming a haunted forest.

Dress- c/o La Femme En Noir

Shoes- Steve Madden

Hat- The Beheaded

Bag- c/o La Femme En Noir

Bracelet- c/o Forever 21

The Underworld dress is made from a light and breathable georgette material and features a gathered crossover bust, tiered flutter sleeves and a three tier ruffle maxi skirt. The matching waist sash is attached to the dress and allows you to cinch as loose or tight as you'd like. I love that the neckline is open but not plunging, I feel glamorous but not exposed. I'm wearing my usual size small and I'm very comfortable in this size. Without the sash it would be a little too loose in the waist but the sash creates the most perfect silhouette.

I had to create a witch look (of course) by adding my favorite bruja hat and cauldron bag. This is pretty much a normal outfit for me but while taking these photos a man and his child literally stopped their car and rolled down the windows to see what I was up to! I guess seeing a witch before October is something to gawk at.

You can find the Underworld dress and the cauldron bag on the La Femme En Noir website now. The dress is available in sizes XS-5X and also comes in a wine red color.

xoxo

Ashley